The Board of Supervisors approved the Department of Environmental
Health’s (DEH) cost recovery adjustment proposal in April 2018. The
approved fees, effective July 1, 2018, are provided on the list
of current fees.

San Diego County Board of Supervisors policy B-29 requires DEH to be
full cost recovery. During the year, the department has continued to
focus on offsetting rising costs by gaining operational efficiencies
and by leveraging technology to streamline work. However, DEH
foresees the need to increase fees for FY 2019-20, and is planning to
take a cost recovery proposal forward for Board consideration in April
and May, which if approved, would take effect July 1, 2019.
Stakeholder outreach will be occurring in March. If you have
questions about DEH programs, services provided by the department, or
recent mandated changes, please contact the following DEH divisional staff:

The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) enhances San Diegans'
quality of life by protecting public health and safeguarding
environmental quality, educating the public to increase environmental
awareness, and implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal
environmental laws. DEH regulates the following: retail food safety;
public housing; public swimming pools; small drinking water systems;
mobile-home parks; onsite wastewater systems; recreational water;
aboveground and underground storage tanks and cleanup oversight; and
medical and hazardous materials and waste. In addition, DEH serves as
the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency, prevents disease carried by
rats and mosquitoes and helps to ensure safe workplaces for County employees.

Help "Fight the Bite" and stay safe from mosquito borne diseases like Zika, West Nile virus, dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever by Protecting yourself from getting bitten and Preventing mosquitoes from breeding in your homes. Check out this short video to learn how! (Spanish version)

Watch this video to learn how DEH inspects restaurants to make sure the food you're served is cooked, prepared, and stored safely.

And find out how DEH protects public health and safeguards our environment with everything from restaurant inspections to testing water at our beaches and from underground storage tanks to HazMat response in this brief video.